Monday, May 7, 2012

Jalapeno Popper Chicken

Jalapeno Popper Chicken

I've been trying to be a bit more picky with giving recipes 5 stars but I just can't find anything wrong with this chicken. It just doesn't deserve 4 stars. It didn't do anything wrong so it shouldn't be punished! I found this recipe on Mommie Cooks via Pinterest and boy am I glad I did. I had some cilantro that I needed to use and I really love making cream sauces with cream cheese or Laughing Cow so this was right up my alley for the night. It was only sort of jalapeno popper tasting but that doesn't even matter because these are some fabulous flavors mixed together. If you like jalapeno, cilantro and bacon then this is the recipe for you! *INDUCTION FRIENDLY*

Pan fry the bacon until crisp. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon but leave grease. Sprinkle cumin, chili and salt on each side of chicken breasts and pan fry in the bacon grease until cooked through, flipping half way. Remove chicken and keep warm. Throw chopped jalapeno and garlic in pan and cook for approximately 2 minutes over medium heat. Add chicken broth, scraping and deglazing the leftover yummies in the pan. Add cream cheese and stir in until melted. Add shredded cheddar and stir until melted. Add bacon crumbles and cilantro, stirring through for a minute or so. Spoon sauce over chicken.

I used my new wave oven to cook chicken and made the sauce independently. I used a touch of olive oil to cook jalapeño and garlic and then I used precooked bacon. It was absolutely delicious and I would guess it cut fat content considerably.

I am not familiar with Weight Watchers and don't know the math equation they use to get their point counts. Perhaps you could enter the recipe into some sort of online weight watchers points calculator?

WW wise I would use turkey bacon, FF cream cheese and FF Kraft cheddar cheese. I have done WW for 3 years and lost 78 pounds but plateaued so am trying low carb to get the last 10 off. I'm going to try this recipe. Sounds delish..

This gets asked for often from my family. LOVE the seasoning on the chicken against the creamy *kick* from the cheese sauce. If you are hesitant to try it, please do you wont be disappointed. Thanks for these kind of recipes.

We are those weird people that have the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap, would it be totally missing a major component in flavor if we skipped it or maybe suggest an alternative? Thanks. This looks SO good!

Hi there, I made this for dinner tonight with several small changes and we loved it. Used six slices of bacon, cooked the jalapeños for about six minutes then added the garlic for two more minutes and finally omitted the cilantro. Thank you very much for this five star recipe! Looking forward to making this yummy meal often. Karen

Absolutely amazingly delicious!! Thank you for sharing this recipe. Not only did I love it, my mom and brother also loved it, even my 9 year old was asking for seconds! A definite keeper in this house for sure. :) :)

I just made this and it was soooooo yummy! I was kinda concerned that it wouldn't thicken up at first...but I was wrong. It was perfect. Now I have to make by boyfriend some pasta to go with this dish, but I don't want to share my sauce. Compromise compromise.

Crawfish turned out kickin!!! Even though I forgot broth and garlic so I used water and some garlic powder can't tell its any different then the original mmm best sea food ever to bad the crawfish tail came from China mmm radioactive food anyone its tasty